Post by Helen Kim on Aug 18, 2013 19:53:24 GMT -4
Eric's eviction was a surprise to nobody. I admire Chima's loyalty to her partner, though I do think it would have been smarter for her to just completely jump ship and try to show people that she's alright with doing what we want despite her loyalty being questionable throughout the rest of the game. You can't make a deal with Chima and expect her to go through with it, and that's just a fact. I have tried since day one to be nice and loyal to her and she has done nothing except nominate me and talk shit about me behind my back. I've heard from many people about how she's thrown me under the bus, but as I've stated before, confronting her when she very well might be the only thing that separates me from the final three would not be a good idea. Winning this next HoH would be crucial for me, because even though Chima has never shown me loyalty, Ivette is a much bigger fish to fry in this competition. She's floated through this game, only being nominated once when she never was in any danger. Her making it to the end of the game would be detrimental to my game, because even though my underdog mastermind story is impressive there is no beating Ivette's flawless game.
When I walked out into the backyard and saw that it was Days of Our Lives, I instantly regretted not updating my notes the day previous. I only had about half of the days listed, and I hoped that I had enough information in my DR to land a victory. The first question was very easy for me; Sallie's rant about choking on dicks was not something that I would quickly forget. I knew that it happened late at night after I nominated her because I figured she had to be drunk off her ass, so I counted two days after Boogie was evicted and I became HoH. Luckily for me, I was spot on! I instantly took control of the competition early on, getting 0 penalty points from my exact answers in the first three rounds. I was confident that I could actually win this thing and secure a spot in the final four. Chima was doing horribly and even though Ivette was behind, she was a little too close for comfort. I knew that I had to keep my streak alive to shake her off.
On the fourth question, I remembered that Gina had an impeccable taste in music and definitely had a Florence and the Machine poster. Using the counting strategy I had been using for the past questions, I originally reached the answer "26" (forgetting that HoH was an endurance competition) and locked it in. I attempted to double check my answers and for some reason Sallie's ejection really threw me off. I thought that the week I originally thought was Gina's HoH was actually MY HoH, despite me knowing that I was the HoH the week prior. My head was frazzled from all of these miscalculations that I retracted my original answer and put "18", the round Gina first became HoH. When the answer was revealed to actually be 27, I was angry at myself. Ivette and Chima doing equally as awful didn't seem so bad, but ruining my streak was horrible for my game. It rocked my confidence, it frazzled my head, it did literally everything to throw my mind away from the competition as crucial as this one.
For the next question, I didn't really know what "clutch win" meant so I guessed that it had to do with Nick winning the first HoH by throwing me under the bus. I went with 5, which obviously put me way behind the correct answer and made Ivette the leader in the competition. I was so frazzled because there were only two questions left for Ivette to fuck up and for me to get perfectly right. If I wanted to win this competition, I couldn't make any more mistakes. The next question was easy for me; I knew it had to be a late round due to the fact that the veto was rarely used in the early game. Thankfully, I knew that being taken off of the block by Gina on Day 39 was the fifth time it was used so I got yet another spot on answer. Ivette was off by five days, which put me only 4 points behind her. If I could get the next round right and Ivette messed up like she did previously, I would come back and win this!
Final question. The third unanimous eviction. The house didn't start voting together until the end of the game, I knew that. I also knew that Elissa always voted the way I wanted her to, and knowing that Sallie was my main target as HoH the unanimous evictions hadn't started until jury. I knew that Eric's eviction resulted in a tie, and Gina's eviction was 2-1...so it had to be Will! I quickly submitted Day 40 and PRAYED that Ivette got a different answer than me. When everyone's results were posted, Chima said Day 1 which meant she was automatically out of the competition. It was between Ivette and I. I said 40, Ivette said 35. That meant that if I was right, I would have beaten her by one point. Ryan, being the little ass he is, drew out the results so long that I knew that I HAD to have won it. A perfect victory needs perfect suspense, right? Just before I could celebrate....IVETTE WAS THE NEW HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD! I went from being on cloud nine to the cold hard ground in an instant. All of this work and struggle exploded in my face, and the saddest thing was that if I hadn't changed my answer for Florence and the Machine I would have won it. I didn't go with my gut and that cost me. Fucking Sallie, ruining everything from beyond the grave.
Ivette is always someone that I can talk openly to, and I've appreciated her company throughout this game. Our conversation after she won HoH was, to be honest, the first awkward conversation we've had all game. I asked her what she was thinking, and she replied "I'm thinking I'm in the final three and my nominations don't matter". I mean yes, that is true, but it's still a pretty bitchy thing to say. No need to rub salt in my wounds, Ivette. I have been nothing but loyal to her this entire game and then she just says that it doesn't matter if I'm nominated because it doesn't affect HER game. Yes, I too was trying to get her out this week, but I wouldn't do it with a smile on my face. Blindsiding Gina was one of the hardest things I've had to do; I'm not the kind of person that can just wreck someone's game and be happy about it. I play personally, and I play with all my heart, so it's hard for someone that I considered a friend to totally blow me off like that.
Knowing that I was most likely getting put up next to Elissa, I made a final two deal with Chima saying that if she happened to win the Veto I would be a much better choice to make it to the final three since we both agree that Ivette has played an impeccable social game and would need to go. Knowing that I excel at where she fails in competitions, I hope Chima realizes that evicting Elissa would be best for her game in that sense. Despite me not trusting Chima at all and the fact that I would definitely take Elissa over her, making a deal with the devil is not going to harm me at this point. If I'm meant to go, I'm meant to go; but I am NOT going home without a fight.
The longer this week carries on, the less I trust Ivette. She DID tell me that Elissa threw me under the bus so that Ivette would use the veto on her, which I'm honestly not surprised at because she did the same thing with Gina, but I was so paranoid at that point I didn't know what to believe. I went to Elissa and told her that we WERE going to make the final two and we would be completely honest with each other until the end. I told her about my deal with Chima to test her loyalty, and sure enough, out came the fact that she told Ivette that she would vote for me. What Ivette neglected to tell me though was that I was her main target this week. I adore Ivette as a person, but her winning HoH this week sucks. She's been loyal to me up until now when I need her most, and I'm just going to have to fight to beat her this time. I have the drive and desire within me to pull off this win, and it's the most important competition of the season if I want to survive another week. All I know is, I will never give up.
When I walked out into the backyard and saw that it was Days of Our Lives, I instantly regretted not updating my notes the day previous. I only had about half of the days listed, and I hoped that I had enough information in my DR to land a victory. The first question was very easy for me; Sallie's rant about choking on dicks was not something that I would quickly forget. I knew that it happened late at night after I nominated her because I figured she had to be drunk off her ass, so I counted two days after Boogie was evicted and I became HoH. Luckily for me, I was spot on! I instantly took control of the competition early on, getting 0 penalty points from my exact answers in the first three rounds. I was confident that I could actually win this thing and secure a spot in the final four. Chima was doing horribly and even though Ivette was behind, she was a little too close for comfort. I knew that I had to keep my streak alive to shake her off.
On the fourth question, I remembered that Gina had an impeccable taste in music and definitely had a Florence and the Machine poster. Using the counting strategy I had been using for the past questions, I originally reached the answer "26" (forgetting that HoH was an endurance competition) and locked it in. I attempted to double check my answers and for some reason Sallie's ejection really threw me off. I thought that the week I originally thought was Gina's HoH was actually MY HoH, despite me knowing that I was the HoH the week prior. My head was frazzled from all of these miscalculations that I retracted my original answer and put "18", the round Gina first became HoH. When the answer was revealed to actually be 27, I was angry at myself. Ivette and Chima doing equally as awful didn't seem so bad, but ruining my streak was horrible for my game. It rocked my confidence, it frazzled my head, it did literally everything to throw my mind away from the competition as crucial as this one.
For the next question, I didn't really know what "clutch win" meant so I guessed that it had to do with Nick winning the first HoH by throwing me under the bus. I went with 5, which obviously put me way behind the correct answer and made Ivette the leader in the competition. I was so frazzled because there were only two questions left for Ivette to fuck up and for me to get perfectly right. If I wanted to win this competition, I couldn't make any more mistakes. The next question was easy for me; I knew it had to be a late round due to the fact that the veto was rarely used in the early game. Thankfully, I knew that being taken off of the block by Gina on Day 39 was the fifth time it was used so I got yet another spot on answer. Ivette was off by five days, which put me only 4 points behind her. If I could get the next round right and Ivette messed up like she did previously, I would come back and win this!
Final question. The third unanimous eviction. The house didn't start voting together until the end of the game, I knew that. I also knew that Elissa always voted the way I wanted her to, and knowing that Sallie was my main target as HoH the unanimous evictions hadn't started until jury. I knew that Eric's eviction resulted in a tie, and Gina's eviction was 2-1...so it had to be Will! I quickly submitted Day 40 and PRAYED that Ivette got a different answer than me. When everyone's results were posted, Chima said Day 1 which meant she was automatically out of the competition. It was between Ivette and I. I said 40, Ivette said 35. That meant that if I was right, I would have beaten her by one point. Ryan, being the little ass he is, drew out the results so long that I knew that I HAD to have won it. A perfect victory needs perfect suspense, right? Just before I could celebrate....IVETTE WAS THE NEW HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD! I went from being on cloud nine to the cold hard ground in an instant. All of this work and struggle exploded in my face, and the saddest thing was that if I hadn't changed my answer for Florence and the Machine I would have won it. I didn't go with my gut and that cost me. Fucking Sallie, ruining everything from beyond the grave.
Ivette is always someone that I can talk openly to, and I've appreciated her company throughout this game. Our conversation after she won HoH was, to be honest, the first awkward conversation we've had all game. I asked her what she was thinking, and she replied "I'm thinking I'm in the final three and my nominations don't matter". I mean yes, that is true, but it's still a pretty bitchy thing to say. No need to rub salt in my wounds, Ivette. I have been nothing but loyal to her this entire game and then she just says that it doesn't matter if I'm nominated because it doesn't affect HER game. Yes, I too was trying to get her out this week, but I wouldn't do it with a smile on my face. Blindsiding Gina was one of the hardest things I've had to do; I'm not the kind of person that can just wreck someone's game and be happy about it. I play personally, and I play with all my heart, so it's hard for someone that I considered a friend to totally blow me off like that.
Knowing that I was most likely getting put up next to Elissa, I made a final two deal with Chima saying that if she happened to win the Veto I would be a much better choice to make it to the final three since we both agree that Ivette has played an impeccable social game and would need to go. Knowing that I excel at where she fails in competitions, I hope Chima realizes that evicting Elissa would be best for her game in that sense. Despite me not trusting Chima at all and the fact that I would definitely take Elissa over her, making a deal with the devil is not going to harm me at this point. If I'm meant to go, I'm meant to go; but I am NOT going home without a fight.
The longer this week carries on, the less I trust Ivette. She DID tell me that Elissa threw me under the bus so that Ivette would use the veto on her, which I'm honestly not surprised at because she did the same thing with Gina, but I was so paranoid at that point I didn't know what to believe. I went to Elissa and told her that we WERE going to make the final two and we would be completely honest with each other until the end. I told her about my deal with Chima to test her loyalty, and sure enough, out came the fact that she told Ivette that she would vote for me. What Ivette neglected to tell me though was that I was her main target this week. I adore Ivette as a person, but her winning HoH this week sucks. She's been loyal to me up until now when I need her most, and I'm just going to have to fight to beat her this time. I have the drive and desire within me to pull off this win, and it's the most important competition of the season if I want to survive another week. All I know is, I will never give up.